Volunteer Lisa Burns, of Fullerton, helps stack food at the White House Restaurant in Anaheim during the radiothon charity event, hosted by KFI-AM (640), part of an effort to feed needy children living in Orange County.

ANAHEIM – More than $151,000 in cash and 21,275 pounds of pasta and sauce were dropped off Thursday at the White House restaurant to benefit Caterina’s Club, the foundation established in 2005 by restaurant owner Bruno Serato.

KFI-AM (640) held a 15-hour radiothon for the organization, which feeds hot pasta dishes to 750 children every day in Anaheim, Buena Park and Stanton. The club, named for Serato’s mother, plans to feed an additional 250 youths in Garden Grove by next month.

“It blows me away to see how kind the community is,” said White House general manager Sylvano Ibay, nephew of Serato. “To have that kind of support and to raise so much money and pasta in one day is really spectacular.”

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